Our Board At Anowah

Steven has worked in the disability sector for over 25 years both in the UK and Australia.  As a social worker in the UK, Steven played an active role in the development of the Personalisation Agenda which brought about early models of individualised funding and then in 2014 the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme here in Australia.

Steven’s experience spans across State and Local Government with the last 13 years in the NSW not for profit sector having assisted several organisations transition to the NDIS.  Steven is passionate about developing services that empower people to be full and active member of their community and ensuring that all people with disability lead decision making around their own supports

Caron is our most recent and most welcome member to the Anowah Board, commencing service in 2021. 

A For-Purpose people leader, committed to supporting people to be their best selves, respecting their human rights. She is passionate about social justice, education, strengthening connections within community.  

Caron has extensive executive senior-level experience within the education, disability, community sectors which has informed her deep understanding of the barriers to inclusion and accessibility of marginalised communities. She has completed a Bachelor of Commerce, Economics, Education and Post Grad Cert in Adult Education & Literacy.  

Caron’s motivation for being a member of the Anowah Board is her commitment to enabling ‘voice, choice and control’ for people with disabilities. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the disability sector and is excited about sharing her client centric expertise with the Anowah community. 

Salesh is a Chartered Accountant with over 22 years experience with wide executive skills developed from a number of different roles: internal/external audit, consulting/risk and strategic management, enhanced from working in a number of different industries: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Financial Services (Banking and Insurance), Education (Tertiary Education-Lecturing), Chartered Accounting, working for a number of multinational organisations based in Australia, including ASX Listed Companies. Salesh was also an Adjunct Lecturer at an Australian University with interest in Risk Management, Auditing and Corporate Governance and has been a Non-Executive Director for a few companies including for NFP organisations.

Bruce has over thirty years of experience creating strategies, building brands, developing businesses, understanding customers, and leading teams in FMCG, building products, financial services, and human services.

As the Chief Customer & Market Engagement Officer at Sunnyfield from 2015-23, Bruce led the Marketing, Customer Service, Sales, Commercial Management, Fundraising, Data and Insights, and Support Coordination teams as Sunnyfield transitioned 1500 participants to the NDIS.

Bruce is passionate about listening to, and learning from, customers, while supporting for-purpose organisations to become commercially astute, never compromising their core values, and remaining commercially viable.

Helen has had an enduring association and personal involvement with Anowah for the past 42 years.  Helen is a long standing member and has served the organisation in the capacity of Committee Member, Public Officer and Director for 27 years. 

During her association with Anowah, Helen has made valuable contributions and has been an actively engaged participant and volunteer in all areas of fund raising and promotion of the service.

Helen is a keen advocate and has a strong commitment and focus toward the ongoing improvement and betterment of services offered to all Anowah clients.

Chris has 37 years of broad-ranging experience in the property industry, covering property funds management (both listed and unlisted); property and asset management; property investment (including acquisition and divestment); property development; project management; financing and financial management; marketing; sustainability; and corporate governance and compliance. He has experience both on-shore (Australia) and offshore (as Regional Head of Asset Management for Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore, with LaSalle Investment Management). During his career, Chris also has held senior roles with GPT Group, Lendlease, BT Funds Management / Principal Financial Group, Colliers International, Jones Lang Wootton (now JLL) and, early in his career, in the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments.

Chris is an experienced director. He is currently a non-executive director on the board of Argyle Community Housing and is a member of Argyle’s Assets, Acquisitions and New Business Committee and Audit & Risk Committee. Chris was a non-executive director of Harbison Memorial Retirement Village, an aged-care and retirement village provider, where he was Chair of Harbison’s Built Environment & Development Committee and was a member of the Finance & Audit Committee. Chris was also a non-executive director of Accessible Diversity Services Initiative (ADSI), a Not-For-Profit established to promote the principles of multiculturalism, access, equity and social justice, especially for special needs groups such as refugees, women, youth, children, families, the elderly, the unemployed, the homeless and people with a disability.

Immediately prior to his retirement from his executive career in 2020, Chris was managing director of Pindari Capital, a funds management company wholly owned by Mulpha Australia.

I am a qualified CPA and during the period 2003 to 2012 I was director, accountant and tax agent for multiple successful family owned businesses focusing on property development in both residential and commercial areas.

My connection with Anowah has been a long one. I am a mother of two sons living with disability. My eldest son Shane has been a resident of Anowah for over 34 years. During this time, I have taken an active role in the governance and operations of Anowah, holding executive positions on the board for over 23 years and then taking on the role of CEO to guide Anowah through the transition from a grant receiving organisation to an organisation operating on a fee for service basis under the NDIS.

My commitment to and vision for Anowah is to put the clients first. All Anowah clients should be able to live the lives they choose and have friendly, professional, qualified staff that they trust to provide their support. Anowah has for many years operated with a “family feel” where clients are individuals and not numbers.